Bach - Mass in B minor - Celibidache, MPO (1990)

Johann Sebastian Bach - Mass in B minor (German: h-Moll-Messe), BWV 232
Barbara Bonney, soprano, Danila Donose & Maria Ruxandra, mezzo-soprano, Cornelia Wulkopf, alto, Peter Schreier, tenor, Yaron Windmüller, bass
Bach-Chor Der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, chorusmaster Joshard Daus
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sergiu Celibidache
Live recording: 18 November 1990, Philharmonie am Gasteig, München

[Admiralmeriweather]

I like the way some of the other orchestras create swells. But when I listen to this it's so much clearer. You can hear the base. You can hear all of the lines of counterpoint. It's a real joy.

[jorgeurzuaurzua]

Celibidache had something. extra. There were many great conductors, technically and musically outstanding, and there are as many recordings of the Mass in B. However, under Celibidache the same score becomes alive, the music breathes, the emotions are underlined by the music in a new way, the libretto and the music become alive and tridimensional. I am ending my hearing of the excellent youtube recording uploaded by the 1furtwangler channel, and I have to confess that it seems to me that somehow I have heard the mass in B for the first time. Under Celibidache the work becomes alive, breathes, becomes obvious in meaning and overpowering in beauty. Many thanks for posting.

[bcarp]

Hearing this rendition makes me want to live and love to the fullest. If only I knew how...

[luisfloresgonzalez]

Two master minds speaking to each other

[vaughanosgan]

Monumental work and conducting....None better exists...

[juanjosealvarezhidalgo]

Once you have heard Celibidache is very difficult to come back to hear soloists o little ensembles.

[ionutzamfir]

well said my friend...somthg else with Celibidache....i'd say with no doubt what's so ever he was il padrino dei tutti diretori d'orchestra ever...it is a blessing of the universe to live in.an era when Celibidache was uncovered to us, or discovered...i dont know which is the right word to.use...truly a genius!!!

[saobanza]

Não tenho conhecimentos técnicos sobre música, mas sei se gosto ou não do que estou ouvindo. Sergiu Celibidache toca-me fundo porque dá tempo à música para respirar, para se desenvolver, para quem ouve ter consciência do pleno. E depois de ver, no Youtube a sua palestra "Idee Sulla Musica" percebe-se perfeitamente o seu trabalho. A paixão, a interacção com a orquestra e a entrega de Sergiu Celibidache no "Bolero" de Maurice Ravel na gravação de 1971 comove-me até às lágrimas, algo que nunca me aconteceu antes.

[b.murenthaler]

Cellibidache was a Genius ... thats All ! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[Steve-bvcm]

Only Richter has them more on the edge of their seats. Wonderful.

[roccodecia]

As a singer, I put it down in the simplest way possible.
Even in this amazing counterpoint, the phrasing is so clear, so evident, both in the single parts and in the whole ... Why do you break it all the time, because of these tempi, unbearable to the natural flowing of the breathe? Follow the text! Follow the melodic line! Follow harmony, above all! It's so simple, so obvious!
And then: why does one hear only the Subject? Why always and exclusively mark the Subject, even when the other parts are just as important, and sometimes even more important than the Subject itself?

[beto]

This is a Mediocre performance!!!!
part of the rest not superior.
Way toooo slowww not majestic at all